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<leghistory id="act-2026-005" type="act" title="Local Government (Empowering Councils) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2026" project.no="B25_0007" version.series.id="4841da54-dd54-45bd-90ec-914e7423dd9c" version.desc.id="646a3042-faf0-44e9-9be8-867ab055d466" act.type="publicgeneral"><legislationlist><actentry bill.project.no="B25_0007" type="act.original" doc.id="act-2026-005" introduction.date="2025-11-20" assent.date="2026-03-11"><legref valid.date="as.made" target.doc.id="act-2026-005" type="act" target.version.series="4841da54-dd54-45bd-90ec-914e7423dd9c" jurisd="QLD" check="unknown"><name emphasis="yes">Local Government (Empowering Councils) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2026</name></legref><commencements><commencement guid="_536756d1-cece-4e14-9bf5-0a3ece585017" commence.date="2026-03-11" type="commence"><txt break.before="1"><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="pt.1" target.doc.id="act-2026-005" target.version.series="4841da54-dd54-45bd-90ec-914e7423dd9c" 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check="invalid">s&#160;2</legref><legref jurisd="QLD" type="act" refid="sec.2-ssec.2" target.doc.id="act-2026-005" target.version.series="4841da54-dd54-45bd-90ec-914e7423dd9c" check="invalid">(2)</legref>)</txt><txt break.before="1">Note—This Act will automatically be repealed under AIA <legref check="invalid" refid="sec.22C" target.version.series="4841da54-dd54-45bd-90ec-914e7423dd9c" target.doc.id="act-2026-005" type="act" jurisd="QLD">s&#160;22C</legref> at the beginning of the day after all of its provisions have commenced.</txt></commencement></commencements></actentry></legislationlist><creationhistory project.no="B25_0007" title="Local Government (Empowering Councils) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025"><evententry name="Introduced" event.date="2025-11-20"><associateddoc print.type="bill.first" target.doc.id="bill-2025-007" target.version.series="4841da54-dd54-45bd-90ec-914e7423dd9c">Bill (Introduction)</associateddoc><associateddoc print.type="bill.first.exp" 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